[Read Description] FFXIV: A Beginner's Guide to Crafting Basics

Update: Endwalker is removing HQ gathered items. You can still make HQ products like intermediate items and gear, but any and all gathered materials will no longer have HQ. So you can't gather HQ materials for better results or make up for poor gear.

This video was rough to do, and I genuinely hope I help you all with this one. But hoo boy this was... the hardest video I made. Period. AST was a cake walk despite being way longer. But here it is, my attempt to be in-depth with beginner concepts... enjoy?

Note: In this video is footage pre-dating the combo action on Basic into Standard Touch

Resources:

Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Basic Concepts and Stats: 3:04
Paissa Break: 14:59
Using Our Toolkit and Interactions: 15:05
Macro vs. Manual Crafting Mini-Overview: 31:06
Making Money As a Crafter: 36:54
Credits: 37:51
Patron Credits: 38:43

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[DavisM-]

This is a good take on explaining how to get into crafting. I can tell you spent a lot of time trying to figure out how best to explain the process. But honestly, you're right in that to really get into it, practice and doing it hands on is the best method.

[kraskel]

All of this content has helped prevent me from getting overwhelmed, thank you.

[Kitamurasama]

This is what I was asking for last time I asked for a crafting video thanks!

[delprimero]

This is exactly what I needed... thank you!! Your guides are the best.

[abe]

These crafting videos are awesome, started playing FF XIV recently. Enjoying the learning and the guides. Thank You !

[turntapeover]

You can hit a macro for a minute and watch WeskAlber begginer's guide on youtube . xD I'm not sure if its me who missed it along with gear at the beginning, but meals? Meals with a capped CP boost and preferably control as a secondary stat as they can make a significant difference even at low lvl and are mandatory at high lvl. +3% exp lol

[Nefty]

Thank you for these guides you're my go to for FFXIV guides and a well deserved sub!

[ShermTank]

One note about macro crafting - you can stack multiple actions without a wait command to essentially do a pseudo if-else statement.

For example, if you have
/ac "Precise Touch"
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>

It will execute Precise Touch if the condition is Good, but will otherwise execute Basic Touch.

[Coffeedav]

This is by FAR the most honest, yet disheartening vid you've put out. I'm only at 2:55! I love the crafting game. Keep up the good work.

[divina]

I watched both videos and I saw a vast improvement in my leveling. It really does take lots of practice and learning what does what, and there's a lot of info here, but these videos really helped things click for me and I fully expect to have a few "ah-ha!" moments by the time I fully level up. Thanks so much!

[yomama]

The hero we all need. Thank you Wesk, i just got my crafters to level 60 and still don’t know jack about macro lolol

[silverslims]

@WeskAlber Great guide. For a new player (Me) you covered semi complex ideas without overly complicating them. Avoiding jargon and acronyms that a new player may not understand. Crafting is slowly clicking for me, but this video gave me the extra grease I'll need to keep practicing. At 33:22 can I ask what that song is? Could definitely do with hearing that whilst grinding LOL.

edit: of course you had a ID on every song used at the end of the video. The song was Papaya! This is how you get a like and subscribe!

[ReaIHitman]

Love your guide dude! Hopefully you can make guides on extreme trial bosses and such keep up!

[SonGoku-zy]

This video needs more attention, it's very informative and straight to the point.

[Dwesk]

at ~19:30 I noticed you didn't use Basic Touch -> Standard Touch combo and instead you used Basic Touch twice, which made no sense to me, did it get buffed since then or what?

[Xix]

This is why the word "Yikes!" was invented!

[reloadpsi]

When I realised most of crafting was just the not-often-useful ability to do mental arithmetic with multiple-digit numbers (in that it's something I don't think a person should rely on too much due to its inherent fallibility) I just felt like my childhood watching Countdown had been building up to this moment.

[quantumx]

This helped me alot ive watched this twice.

[mwfcod]

At lv47 armorer and blacksmith I was trying to do crafting whit just 160/80 CP and I was so frustrated cuz I couldn’t finished anything whit HC, until my brain cells started working again and realized unlock and lvup Goldsmith to craft accessories, weaver and leatherwork for gear. Now I have 260+ (not including armor/ food buff).
Now everything works 🙌🏽

[simplyspider]

The part that hampers me the most is. Needing a material, that I have no clue on how or where to get it. I am at level cap(80) for 2 gatherers of the 3(fisher still lower) and I am at level cap for 2 or 3 crafters and the rest are fairly close behind. There are so many things that you just can't go out and collect, for many reasons. A lot of things you have to buy through various methods and some, specifically from other players.(One example, I have no FC housing or submarine and etc.. So some things I can't just get. And the more I play the more of this I run into). That being said I only been playing for a little under 4 months. Learned a load and so much more I am uncovering. So very enlightening and very frustrating. Thanks for the video. ;)